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Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM rC. HUGULEY, Olli BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 M. S. MORK @n COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

WRAPPIN G MACHINE.

Application led March 11, 1925. Serial No. 14,677.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. HUGULEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belleville, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented cert-ain new and u seful Improvements in vWrapping Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a wrapping ma' chine aud to mechanisms for performing wrapping and similar operations. The invention also relates to 4improvements in'an apparatus for operating mechanisms from individual motive sources under a central or Aunitary control to carry an-article through a process of manufacture.

Mechanisms for performing operations or successions of operations such as those required in wrapping a wrapper about an article and securing it have been heretofore driven from a single motive power source through shafts, gears, cams and similar transmitting elements to provide the proper succession of movements. Where the mechanisms are to be operated simultaneously or in rapid succession and are variously distributed througout a machine,and particularly if there arel several mechanisms requirino movements in different directions with definite time intervals, a complicated transmission mechanism is required to drive the mechanisms from the central power source and to `provide the various changes of movement and of speed required for this purpose. vThis extensive transmission mechanism not only adds greatly to the complexity ofthe machine, consumes power, and affords liabilities for the mechanism to get out of order, but also im oses limitations on the flexibility and effectiveness of the mechanism as forexample when instantaneous movements are required at definite time intervals. This is particularly the case in mechanisms suoli as are required in ma-` chines for wrapping articles, in which case a large numberof successive operations must beperformed in order to position the wrapper and article to be wrapped in their proper relative positions yand to vcarry through a large numberof difficult folding operations in different directions. Itis therefore highly desirable in mechanisms of this type to have the various elements move with speed and precision.

An object of my present invention is to provide an apparatus of simple construction for performing various separate but interrelated movements, such as those required for wrapping articles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wrapping machine for rapidly, neatly and accurately wrapping articles of-.irregular shapes and of varylng dimensions.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a method and apparatus for controlling and timing a number of separate mechanisms and individual'driving means to `perform a number of operations on an article and toenable certain operations to be performed instantly at sharplyl defined time intervals.

Other `objects of the invention are to pro vide a wrapping machine in which the vari-- surface, to provide a motive source for handling articles which provide a yielding, resilient movement, and 'to provide a mecha' nism by which such kmovement may be transformed into a positive support for other movements, to provide anr improved control means for the separatelydrive'n mechanisms, to provide an improved and simplified supporting and suction transmitting means and to provide a resilient centering, pressing and holding means for articles passing through a seriesof wrapping or similar operations. l WithV these .and other objects `in view,

following description, the invention comwhich will appear in connection with the prises the method and apparatus descrihed and set forth in the following speciication and claims. l

' f ingle is a View similar i0 that of Fig. i7, showing the mechanism in a succeeding position fromtliat of Fig. 17,

The various features of the invention are s Fig. 19 is a view similar to that of Figs.

illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which o Fig. 1-is a side'elevation of a machine embodying a preferred form of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a frontend elevation of the mafchine shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine taken from the opposite side from that of f Fig. 4 is a side view on aflarger scale of a portion of the machine showing the relation of the mechanisms for feedin '1n the article to be wrapped and performing preliminary Wrapping operations,

Fig. 4a is a detai sectional view, on a larger Scale of a control box for controlling the pneumatic operating motivemeans,

Fi 5 isa vertical sectional view ofthe machine taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the machine taken on line 6--6 of y Fig. 5,

' formin Fig. 6a is'a perspective of a camshaft an element of the control means for the mac ine, showing the construction of the shaft,

Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of a portion of the machine taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 isa sectional plan view of a portion of the machine taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6,

i 8 is a perspective view of a gripping and lifting plate shown in inverted position, Fig. 9 1s a' sectional plan view' of a part of the machine taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 10 is a sectional plan view of a portion of. the machine taken on line 10-10 of Fi Y' Fig. 11 is a sectional plan view of the machine taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 12 is .a sectional plan view of a portion of the machine taken on line 12-12 .of

Fig. 6,

ig. 13 is a sectional plan view of a por- .Ithion (f the machine taken on line 13-13 of Fig. 14 is a vertical 'sectional view of a larger scale' of a ortion of. the machinetaken through the eeding chute or slide of themachine,

Fig. 15 is a' vertical sectional view of thev machine taken lengthwise of a feedway of the machine and ata right angle to the section of Fig. 14, l

Fig. 16 1s a view similar to that of Fig. 15 showing the mechanism andthe article being wrapped in dii'erent positions from those of Fig. 15,

Fig. 417 is vertical sectional view taken lengthwise of the machine through the wrapp'e'r positioning`mechanism,

fther position of movement and the article to be wrapped entering the wrapping mechanism,

Fig. 21 is a lview taken on the plane of.

that of Fig. 20 showino' the article to be Wrapped in position for the initial .wrapping operations,

Fig. 22 is a view similar to that of Fig.

21 showing a further position of the mechamsm, a l

Fig. 23 is a view similar to that of Fig. 21 showing the mechanism in -position making a further fold in the wrapper enveloping the article to be wrapped,

Fig. 24 is a vertical sectionalview through the wrapping mechanism taken online 24- 24 of Fig. 23, l

Fig. 2 5 is a vertical'sectional view on -a plane taken similar to that of Fig. 24 showing the mechanism in a further folding position,

F1 261s a view of the mechanism of`Fig. 25 ta ren on line 2626 of Fig. 25,

Fig. 27 is a plan view of a wrapping mechanism, -V

Fig. 28 is a view similar to thatof Fig. 27 with the mechanism in' a further position of movement,

Fig. 29 is a detail view in plan of a portion o f the mechanism`of Figs. 27 and 28 showing different stages of its movement,

Fig. 30 is a vertical sectional 'view of a portion of the wrapping mechanism for further folding operations taken on the plane of Fig. 25,

Fig. 31 is a sectional view takeno n line 3i- 31 of Fig. 30,

Fig. 32 is a view similar to that of Fig. 30 showing the mechanism in a further position ofmovement, v 1 Fig. 33 is a view of a portion of the machine taken on line 33-33 of Fig. 32,

Fig.v 34 is a view taken similar to that of portion of the Fig. 32 showing the manner of displacing the article and wrapper in'various staees of D the wrapping operations,

Fig. 43 is a view wrapped article,

Fig. 44 1s 'a perspective view of a combined of the completely 

